1122r

mallards swim by
trailing glisequins
on verdant water

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May 19, 2017May 19, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: ducks, haiku, pond, revised, senryu, spring

1108

triple back flip
frog dives into pond
splashlessly

May 8, 2017May 8, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Catnap Revue, haiku, senryuTags: Basho, frog, haiku, kyoka, pond, senryu, spring 1 Comment

718

swept up by a heron
the koi looks down
hey, there’s my pond!

April 22, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, poetry, senryuTags: carp, heron, koi, pond 1 Comment

693

frogs ask why
I hang around their pond
getting splashed

 

April 11, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, poetry, senryuTags: Basho, frogs, haiku, pond, senryu 3 Comments

571/R

alas, unemployed;
frogs splash in a pond
ah, but overjoyed!

六十六 (Revised)

February 21, 2016February 24, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, poetry, SenryuTags: Basho, frogs, haiku, pond, senryu, unemployment 1 Comment

528/s

bull frogs unperturbed
a bottle swigging poet
plunges in their pond

六十六

January 27, 2016February 1, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, Japan, poem, poems, poetry, Rokuju Roku, Senryu, SpringTags: alcohol, Basho, frog, frogs, haiku, pond, senryu 1 Comment

Nichiren’s

That lily remains,
Embraced by muddied shallows;
All else washed away.

February 19, 2015March 14, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Buddhism SGI, haiku, Philosophy, poetryTags: brucejewett, buddhism, lily, Lotus Sutra, Nichiren, pond, SGI 2 Comments

Evening Haiku

A tiny galaxy
Of sequins shimmers along
The pond’s tall grasses.

August 29, 2014 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poetry, summer, UncategorizedTags: fireflies, grass, haiku, pond, summer